Waterproofing Wearable

Address a water ingress problem in a high-volume consumer wearable as a member of a team of 3 mechanical engineers.

Designed, fabricated, assembled, and shipped functional assembly line fixture for an USW flash trimming operation in a total of 10 working days
Completed architecture and detailed Alpha design for a waterproofing concept
- Leveraged successful watch plunger design
- Created form factor prototypes to evaluate tactile feel
- Worked within significant electrical and mechanical design constraints due to program maturity
Conducted a DOE on sealing geometry (adhesive-based) to direct detailed design on alternate waterproofing concept
Created an assembly fixture for selected waterproofing solution
- Conducted initial brainstorm and downselection
- Designed and fabricated proof-of-concept for testing during small-run domestic product build
- Implemented design learnings and created revision of fixture for deployment at top-tier CM during product EVT build
- Personally trained operators on line for use of the fixture
- Fixture design was maintained and replicated for use in mass production